Hoover Commission Findings Cited At La Crosse Meeting
Attorney Robert M. Bair told the La Crosse Kiwanis club that waste and confusion in the federal government threaten the nation. He described the Hoover commission as proposing unified armed forces and savings of up to four billion dollars annually if all recommendations are adopted. A documentary film What Price Government was shown, illustrating waste and proposed eliminations. The Wisconsin Committee on Hoover Commission Findings, a cross section of state leaders, helped present the talk.
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Robert M. Bair
la Crosse Kiwanis Club
Bair
Speakers
Wisconsin Committee On Hoover Commission
Public Expenditure Survey
Hoover Commission
Barr
Commission
Walkout Idle Waukesha Watertown Foundry Plants
Waukesha and Watertown foundry plants idle as 365 workers from International Brotherhood of Foundry and Metal Employes independent union walk out over contract lapse. Company says no contract policy, union seeks all union shop and 20 cent raise. plant had raised wages 10 cents last Thursday. Union president Jerry Sullivan to comment after local meeting.
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Waukesha
Wis
Waukesha Foundry Co
Watertown
International Brotherhood of Foundry and Metal Employes
W. Zamjahn
Tocal
Zamjahn
Jerry Sullivan
Later
Tuesiday
Military service facts on NSLI for returnees and veterans
Article discusses NSLI policies for returning veterans and options when premiums are high. It explains glass allotments, term-to-premium conversions, cashing values, extended insurance, and rules for policies converted under a year versus more than a year. It uses Jack Smith as an example to illustrate cashing, extending, and reissuing term coverage.
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Thomas A. Mall
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
Jack Smith
Jack
Marine Corps Organized Reserve
Frederick H Ecker Birthday Card Chronicle Style
Frederick Hudson Ecker born August 30 1867 in Phoenicia New York. He rose from $4 a week in 1883 to chairman of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company guiding its vast housing investments.
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AP Newsfeatures
Frederick Hudson Ecker
Phoenicia
N.Y
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Crete Beauty's Brother May Fight For Girl's Honor In Love Affair
In Detroit a man claiming to be Hercules Petracogeorgi brother of Crete beauty Stassoula Petracogeorgi, 19, said he may return to Crete to defend his sister after she was abducted by her lover, Constantine Kephaloyannis. He warned civil war could follow if reports of a marriage hold true but doubted the claim.
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Crete
Detroit
Hercules Petracogeorgi
Stassoula Petracogeorgi
Greece
Constantine Kephaloyannis
Romeo
Detroit Free Press
Hercules
U.S. Hint of War Expansion Into North Korea
U S leaflets dropped in North Korea urge civilians to leave cities as military targets and envision a free Korea after the Communist regime is ousted. The move signals a potential shift beyond South Korea, raising questions about UN action and broader international policy.
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Beulun Vu
Fayap
Washington
United States
North Korea
Far East Command
Korea
Mr. Truman
Red Army
Red Government
Communist Leaders and Containment Debate
The passage argues rooting out Russian communism beyond containment into Soviet-dominated states, noting Moscow’s nerves over Tito in Yugoslavia and unrest in satellites. Losing North Korea could signal broader erosion, setting a precedent for restless gateb-lites and wider Soviet influence.
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Preas
Moscow
Russia
Tito
Yugoslavia
North Korea
Birds hire choppers to guard Germa cherry groves
Fruit farmers in the German American zone hire air charter agents to dispatch a helicopter to scare birds away from cherry orchards. The La Crosse Tribune notes this technology as a novel aid in protecting crops.
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Germa American Zone
Air~ Charter
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